Race, redistricting, and representation : the unintended consequences of Black majority districts /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Canon, David T.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1999.
Description:	xiv, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	American politics and political economy
Subject:	United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Election districts. United States. -- Congress. -- House. Gerrymandering -- United States. Election districts -- United States. Apportionment (Election law) -- United States. Representative government and representation -- United States. African American legislators. African American legislators. Apportionment (Election law) Election districts. Gerrymandering. Representative government and representation. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3959704

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ISBN:	0226092704 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226092712 (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Introduction: Race, Redistricting, and Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives
Chapter 1. Black Interests, Difference, Commonality, and Representation
Chapter 2. A Legal Primer on Race and Redistricting
Chapter 3. The Supply-Side Theory of Racial Redistricting
Chapter 4. Race and Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives
Chapter 5. Links to the Constituency
Chapter 6. Black Majority Districts: Failed Experiment or Catalyst for a Politics of Commonality?
Appendix A. Data Sources
Appendix B. Procedures for Coding the Newspaper Stories
Notes
References
Index

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